Global Medical Coverage Health Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff of US Embassy Sri Lanka and Maldives

This amendment is to amend the sections A.9, C.1.1.15, C.1.1.21, C.1.2, C.1.4.1, G.4.2, H.5 L.4.3 Part 2 Subsection 6, 8 and L.8 of the solicitation. Please refer page No. 2 and 3 of SF30 Continuation Sheets for detailed information.

Dear Prospective Offeror:

Solicitation Number 19CE2022R0001 GMC Health Insurance Services for Locally Employed Staff of US Embassy Sri Lanka and Maldives

The Embassy of the United States of America invites you to submit a proposal for locally employed staff health insurance coverage.  The Embassy encourages prospective offerors to offer off-the-shelf plans that meet at least the minimum benefit levels required in this solicitation.

The Embassy intends to conduct a pre-proposal conference, and all prospective offerors are invited to attend. See Section L of the attached Request for Proposals (RFP).

Your proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked "Proposal Enclosed" to the Contracting Officer, No.210, Galle Road, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka or email your proposals to colombo-ebidding@state.gov on or before 1500 hours on 10th March 2022. No proposal will be accepted after this time.

In order for a proposal to be considered, you must also complete and submit the following:

1.         SF-33

2.         Section B, Pricing Schedule;

3.         Section B, Retention Amounts in B.3;

4.         Section K, Representations and Certifications; and

5.         Additional information as required in Section L.

Direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Yogaganesh Sundaravel or Danujaya Muthugala by letter or by telephone 94112498525/8816 during regular business hours.

Please note: Proposals that contain less than the minimum reimbursement levels or do not provide all benefit categories may be deemed technically unacceptable.

The successful offeror shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database https://www.sam.gov prior to contract award pursuant to FAR provision 5.207.  Therefore prospective offerors are encouraged to register prior to the submittal of their proposal.  The guidelines for registration in SAM are also available at:  https://www.fsd.gov/fsd-gov/learning-center-system.do?sysparm_system=SAM

The U.S. Government intends to award a contract to the responsible company submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price.  We intend to award a contract based on initial proposals, without holding discussions, although we may hold discussions with companies in the competitive range if there is a need to do so.

Sincerely,

Quinn Sophie

Contracting Officer